Paul Durham

14525 ~ Mean Woman Married Man Blues
14526 ~ Nobody Loves Me

Both Paul Durham, McDowell Music BMI

McDowell Records #507
828 So. Lawrence St.
Montgomery, Ala.

1965

15301 ~ The Way I Love You (sample)
15302 ~ She Lied

Both Paul Durham, Sandspur Music BMI

Sandspur Records
PO Box 192
Deatsville, Ala.

Division of Little Lou Records
1965

Sandspur Records was Paul Durham's own label.

Perhaps he was this Paul Durham (but his voice sounds not quite like the voice of a 37-yr old man?) :

Paul Durham was born on July 07, 1928 and died on February 03, 2004 at the age of 75 and the social security number (SSN): 423-32-5454. Paul last resided in Deatsville, Alabama in Elmore County.

There was a Paul Durham, disc jockey at KOGT, Orange, Texas in 1955.  According to Billboard, Paul Durham " is planning to open a record shop in the near future. Durham writes, "I have been plugging record sales for other shops for years, so I figured I might as well make something out of it myself.  It also gives me a chance to pick up interesting tidbits on the new platters and on personalities from the distributors."

Jan Records (Alabama)

Jan Records
819 Thurman St.
Montgomery, AL


Bobby Jackson   

CP-1541 – Oh Baby
CP-1542 – Waltzing With You   
Jan 101
1958

Bobby Jackson

? – You Got Me Rocking And Rolling
? – Dreamy Sunday
Jan 102
Billboard October 6, 1958

Bobby Jackson

CP- 2029 – New World
CP-2030 – Cha Cha Cha
Jan 103
 1959

Bobby Jackson // Robert Jackson and The Sneakers

CP-2981 –  Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
CP-2982 –  Closer To My Heart
Jan 104
Billboard March 7, 1960

  

Billboard ad, December 15, 1958

Al Dixon, in his younger days, was known as "Dizzy Dixon" or "Ugly Al", the radio DJ. "The Soul Mouth of the South...".

He recalls Bobby Jackson :

Bobby Jackson was well known around the local clubs. Starting out, Clarence Carter played in his band on the circuit. "We had a lot of fun. One thing about the Chitlin Circuit...you were comfortable, you were in your place," Jackson admitted.

During the '60s Jackson played The Elks Club in Montgomery where recording artists like The Drifters, Joe Tex, Tyrone Davis and The Manhattans would pack the house.

But the road to success did have its down side. "They didn't have business managers to go in and look at the books to know how many records were sold," Dixon said adding, "they didn't really concern themselves with it." Why? "All they wanted to do was perform. It was their life."

It was a journey that's seen many twists and turns. "Now, most everything is more sophisticated..." Long gone are the segregated clubs, and the road so many artists traveled to fame is now history.

• Al Dixon memories found here : http://www.wsfa.com/global/story.asp?s=11975036
• Bobby Jackson and his Sneakers picture is courtesy of the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History Digital Collections.

Berry Smith and the Radio Pals on McDowell

Berry Smith and the Radio Pals

McDowell 710

10975 ~ Hawaiian Stars

10976 ~ Berry's Bounce

A pair of instrumentals

Pictures credit : sprydiddle (eBay)

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Tony Senn on Rainstar

Tony Senn

Rainstar EP 506
A division of McDowell Records

12153 -Poor Old Lonely Me / Something I Never Had
12154 - Bed of Loneliness / Two Instead of Three

Country

Born Mar. 26, 1934 in Troy, AL, Tony Senn was a singer, guitarist and songwriter. He recorded in the for Camellia, McDowell, Briar, Dianne and Mana-T. His manager was Clyde Perdue, former manager for Hank Williams.

His best record is the McDowell rockabilly recording "The King's Comin' Home ". This record is so rare that Rockin' Country Style doesn't even have a label shot for it.

He was probably more successful as a songwriter than a singer and his songs were recorded by such country stars as Carl Belew and Porter Waggoner (Boston Jail), Wilma Burgess (Look At The Laughter) and Marty Robbins (Ain't Life A Crying Shame).